Financial and property harm
unspecifiedreported occurrenceStage: completed
Interpretation details
- Scope
- mixed fraud
- Person or institution described
- targeted person
- Link to romance fraud
- mixed scheme
- Causal claim
- not established
Data from The GDELT Project · Reviewed and interpreted by RSRC
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FBI says cybercrime costs rose to at least $16 billion in 2024
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Story groups for this report
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How to read this record
FBI2024cybercrime16billion/33percentincrease broadinvestment/BEC/techsupport plusRomancehundredsmillion. MixeddenominatorsnotallRomance/USresidents/independentcriminalverification.
Dates in the available evidence
- 2024 · incident · year explicit reporting-loss aggregate year, not one victim date
Places in the available evidence
Investigation or court: United States
Unlisted locations remain unknown. Nationality, language and web address alone do not establish where a scam happened.
Themes reported in the text
These labels describe the available reporting. “Not reported” does not mean a harm did not happen. A theme's stage applies to that statement, not every claim in the article.
All 24 assessed themes
| Theme | Assessment |
|---|---|
| Blame, stigma and responsibility framing | not reported in available text |
| Homicide and lethal violence | not reported in available text |
| Disruption of daily life | not reported in available text |
| Financial and property harm | reported in available text |
| Suicide and self-harm | not reported in available text |
| Family and social harm | not reported in available text |
| Protection or recovery of assets | insufficient context |
| Policy and regulatory response | not reported in available text |
| Justice proceedings and outcomes | insufficient context |
| Coercion and exploitation | not reported in available text |
| Psychological distress | not reported in available text |
| Blackmail and extortion | not reported in available text |
| Help, reporting and prevention | not reported in available text |
| Physical or sexual harm | not reported in available text |
| Investment pretext | not reported in available text |
| Technical facilitation | not reported in available text |
| Investigation and operational response | not reported in available text |
| Organization and division of labor | not reported in available text |
| Relationship-based deception | not reported in available text |
| Involvement in other offending | not reported in available text |
| Continued or renewed targeting | not reported in available text |
| Prior circumstances and claimed vulnerability | not reported in available text |
| Institutional barriers or harmful response | not reported in available text |
| Moving money for a scheme | not reported in available text |
Connected reporting
Only direct reviewed connections are shown. Shared wording is weaker evidence than a supported case connection. A connection through a third article does not establish that two reports concern the same case.
FBI says cybercrime costs rose to at least $16 billion in 2024
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